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Too Close for Comfort?

Drug company Questcor is both a donor and a beneficiary of a fast-growing medical charity. That could give investors aches and pains.

Off-duty cops secured the meeting rooms at the Gaylord Texan Resort last month, as the Chronic Disease Fund held its yearly conference at the Dallas-area hotel. Days before, the medical charity had canceled the registrations of some would-be attendees and refunded their $1,500 donations. The uninvited then got threatening lawyers' letters from Questcor Pharmaceuticals, a drug company that's been a backer of the charity and a bug zapper for short sellers.